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10 6. comPosmous, j COATING R PLASTIC. I Y M a i Fi" UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS V. ECKEBT, 0F GHILLICOTHE, IISSOUBI, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-THIRD TOGEORGE H.

FIELD AND ONE-THIRD T0 WILLIAM C. ABSHBE, BOTH 0F CHILLIOOTHE, MISSOURI-PLASTEB OOIIOBITION.

1,315,597. Speciflwfiw of Letter! Patent Patented Sept. 9, 1919.Drawing. Application fled larch 12, 1918. lerial 10. 882,109.

To all whom it may concern: consistent? to the finished plaster which isBe it known that I, Lnwrs V. Planner, :1. not foun in sand and whlchcauses it to citizen of the United States, and a resident adhere closelyto wood, metal, brick or the of Chillicothe, in the county of Livingstonlike when used as a coat.

5 and State of Missouri, have invented certain The finished product islighter and new and useful Im rovements in Plaster smoother than sandmixture since it is of a Compositions, of whlch the following is a finergrain and the fibrous nature of the 85 specification. straw mealprovides a toughness that pre- My invention is an improvement inplasvents it from cracking or breaking on the v 10 ter compositions, andhas for its object wall.

rovide a composition of the character specl- The proportions of theingredients will ed capable of being marketed in the dry vary inaccordance with the character of state ready for mixin and requiringonly the product desired, a perfect proportion bethe addition of water,wherein sand is dis ing of cement laster equal parts and of 15 pensedwith, the bindin being provided by straw meal equal p955.

a fibrous material in t e form of ground my character of straw may beused, as,

straw or straw meal. for instance w oat straw wheat The improvedcomposition is composed stra or the raw 1s groun of cement plaster and(ground straw or straw a the consistency of meal.

20 meal mixed in the y state and so pre I claim:

pared for mixing. The improved compos1- A plaster composition composedof cetion is ready for use when mixed with water. ment p r and str insubstan- With the improved compound sand is distially equa proportions.pensed with, sand belng always somewhat as diflicult to obtain, andrequiring consider- LEWIS ECKERT- able labor to prepare laster for usewith Witnesses: sand. The stpbawq mgaf takes the place of J. D. Am, thesand as a m er and there is a fibrous Leona F..Scnnonnaa.

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